This article analyses the effectiveness of the different regulations promoting gender diversity on boards of directors and how formal and informal institutional factors influence the relationship between regulations and the presence of female directors on boards. It describes the gender...

This study analyses how the existence, the number, their ownership, and the identity of other large shareholders coexisting with families, influence disproportionate family board power of listed firms. Using a database of the Spanish market over an 8-year period, the results show that the number...